Solstice Hash On Tour (SHOT) #39

We are in Istanbul, Turkey for the first resurrection of the SHOT. With about 45 hashers from around the world, it has been an amazing weekend. After several days of sightseeing, drinking, and general revelry, we had the main event trail.

The setting is the Belgrad Forest, to the north of the city, just on the edge. It is a huge area with lots of great trails that we took full advantage of. Opera contacted me several months ago, to see if I wanted to be a hare . . . and that is all it took. Always happy to set a great trail in far off lands.

We went out on Thursday for a scouting trip, found a decent path, then looked at it on the map, and tweaked out some extra options to make it more interesting. Saturday morning, we went out in advance to set the trail prior to the pack arriving. And that, as they say, is history. See the photos for all the fun.

After trail, we were on the bus back into the city of a dinner cruise on the Bosphorus. More great times with happy hashers. It was a late night, but a good sleep. So back up and ready for a hangover trail in the city today.Read more